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‘The form of the average simulated wave profile agrees with the analytic result with good accuracy, which demonstrates consistency of our approach.’

‘String theory is false, because no consistent version of the theory exists or no version agrees with all experimental results.’

‘The boy died of TB at the age of 10, which also agrees with the accepted history of the family, a history with which Anderson disagrees.’

‘These data partially agree with our results but cannot be made completely consistent.’

‘Although there is no indication that the gene region is gender-specific, which agrees with our result, natural odors have some relation to gender.’

‘This agrees with my memory that it was in common usage among the teenage car mechanics that I admired as a ten-year-old in rural eastern Connecticut in 1957.’

match, match up, accord, correspond, conform, coincide, fit, tally, harmonize, be in harmony, be in agreement, be consistent, be compatible, be consonant, be congruous, be in tune, equate, be equivalent, dovetail, chime, correlate, be parallel

‘This is a nice pink party dress, bought for our daughter's 2nd birthday party, but abandoned after 25 minutes of wear as the polyester didn't agree with my daughter's sensitive skin and began itching.’

‘The climate there did not agree with the health of one of the children so they returned to Ireland after three years.’

Usage

Note the distinction between agreeing to something like a plan, scheme, or project and agreeing with somebody: I agree to the repayment schedule suggested; Danielle agrees with Eric that we should all go hiking on Saturday; humid weather does not agree with me. The construction agree with is also used regarding two things that go together: that story does not agree with the facts; the verb must agree with the noun in person and number

Phrases

Cease to argue about something because neither party will compromise or be persuaded.

‘And if reconciliation is impossible, agree to differ with grace.’

‘A few left, but most agreed to differ and the congregation grew.’

‘I stood my ground, and he stood his, and we agreed to differ, although he still remains a very good news source.’

‘We obviously can't just agree to differ on these kinds of questions.’

‘In some of the best debates in parapsychology the proponents and critics have ended up simply agreeing to differ or failing to reach any agreement.’

‘One issue they agree to differ on is the mock exams.’

‘I know passions tend to run high on this kind of subject, but can we all at least try to agree to differ and respect each other's paths?’

‘We agreed to differ on many things and we also dealt with the issues that we should be dealing with.’

‘And we now agree to differ on some of the points which he and I earlier had a debate about.’

‘Perhaps the first step in creating a culture in which people are unafraid to speak out is to listen respectfully to each other's views, and be able to gracefully agree to differ where consensus is impossible.’

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French agreer, based on Latin ad- to + gratus pleasing.